WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Today is Wednesday, February 13, the 44th day of 2008. There are 322 days left in the year.

1689 _ British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights

1861 _ Abraham Lincoln declared president

1867 _ Johann Strauss' ``Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna

1920 _ The League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland

1924 _ King Tut's tomb opened

1945 _ Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die

1961 _ The Soviet Union fires a rocket Sputnik V to Venus

1973 _ The U.S. dollar devalues 10 percent

1977 _ ``Guys & Dolls" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 239 performances

1990 _ U.S., England, and France give Germany the OK to reunify